Etymology

fulmine

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Today it means: To thunder or lightning. Full definition →

French fulminer ← Latin fulminō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfulminō“lighten, illuminate”
  2. French · borrowed fromfulminer
  3. English todayfulmine

Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.

Words from the same roots

Latinfulminō all →

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